Dad of Corrie McKeague thanks police after visiting landfill site for seventh time

Dad of Corrie McKeague thanks police after visiting landfill site for seventh time

THE "heartbroken" father of missing Corrie McKeague has spoken of his gratitude to police searching a landfill site for his son after he visited for the seventh time.

Published 16th April 2017

GEOFF ROBINSON

GRATEFUL: Martin McKeague has thanked police searching a landfill site for his son

Martin McKeague, 48 and his wife Trisha, 54, spent more than an hour at the site on Thursday before officers stopped the search for the missing 23-year-old for Easter.

Officers told the pair they had now sifted through more than 2,000 tonnes of refuse since beginning the landfill search at the site in Milton, Cambs., last month.

Posting on Facebook, Martin said: "On Thursday, Trisha and I made our seventh trip to the landfill site in the six weeks since the search for my son began.

GEOFF ROBINSON

SEARCH: Officers have now shifted through more than 2,000 tonnes of refuse

“It's nothing short of an incredible feat in excruciatingly difficult circumstances”

Martin McKeague

"And once again we had the privilege of personally thanking the team of 12 policemen and women who have committed to spending 10 hours per day, five days per week, looking for Corrie in this wasteland.

"Every visit for us is a gut-wrenching, heart-breaking walk through that mountain of discarded refuse, knowing the strong likelihood is that Corrie is here, somewhere underfoot, in amongst all of these things passed off as useless.

Police search LANDFILL for body of Corrie McKeague

Police have started searching a landfill after a bin lorry, roughly following the route of the missing serviceman's mobile phone signal, was found to be over 100kg heavier than it should have been

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Police in Cambridgeshire search a landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, for the body of missing serviceman Corry McKeague

GEOFF ROBINSON

VISIT: Martin and his wife Trisha spent more than an hour on the site on Thursday

"It never gets any easier. But we do it anyway. We owe the people searching for my son that respect - to show up and show each of them the same amount of courage and dedication that they've shown us.

"The team have managed to delicately move and rake through approximately 2,047 tonnes of refuse since this operation began. It's nothing short of an incredible feat in excruciatingly difficult circumstances."

Police in charge of the investigation have said they have a "great deal of confidence" that RAF gunner Corrie will be found at the landfill site.